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Who does not know Nighat Dad? She is a human rights award winner and founder of the Digital Rights Foundation; inshort she is a digital warrior who is never afraid to speak her mind and try her level best to help women and counter injustice using the internet.
This time she has expressed her disappointment with a politician named Nabil Gabol who in a video can be seen passing irrelevant and insensitive comments regarding women politicians.
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Dad took to Twitter and expressed how deeply troubling and unacceptable for politicians like Nabil Gabol was to make light of rape. “Such behavior is not only insensitive and offensive but also perpetuates harmful and dangerous attitudes towards sexual violence,” she tweeted.
Deeply troubling and unacceptable for politicians like Nabeel Gabol to make light of rape. Such behavior is not only insensitive and offensive but also perpetuates harmful and dangerous attitudes towards sexual violence. @PPP_Org @BBhuttoZardari pic.twitter.com/01Z5GCfSWc
— Nighat Dad (@nighatdad) April 2, 2023
She continued, “It is imperative for political parties that politicians who hold positions of power and influence, are held to the highest standards of accountability and responsibility for their words and actions. This guy has already said disgusting things in two interviews.” She also tagged Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in her post.
According to Dad, the use of rape as a punchline or a casual reference is abhorrent and has no place in political civilized discourse.
“It is a blatant display of disrespect towards the survivors of sexual violence and undermines efforts to combat this heinous crime,” she tweeted.
She highlighted how in another interview, he is making sexually suggestive comments and references towards other women politicians. “It is crucial that those in positions of power are held accountable for their actions & words & that there are consequences for engaging in such behavior,” she said.